Title : 
General Expression for the Error Probability of Arbitrary Two-Dimensional Signaling with I/Q Amplitude and Phase Unbalances
         
        
            Author : 
Lee, Jaeyoon ; Yoon, Dongweon ; Im, In Chul
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Hanyang Univ., Seoul
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The I/Q unbalance which is generated by a non-ideal component is an inevitable physical phenomenon and leads to performance degradation when we implement a practical two-dimensional (2-D) modulation system. This paper provides an exact and general expression involving the 2-D Gaussian Q-function for the SER/BER of arbitrary 2-D signaling with I/Q amplitude and phase unbalances over an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel by using the coordinate rotation and shifting technique. Through Monte Carlo simulations we verify our expression provided here for various 16-quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) circular constellations
         
        
            Keywords : 
AWGN channels; Monte Carlo methods; error statistics; quadrature amplitude modulation; 16-quadrature amplitude modulation circular constellations; 2D Gaussian Q-function; I-Q amplitude unbalance; Monte Carlo simulations; SER-BER; additive white Gaussian noise channel; arbitrary two-dimensional signaling; coordinate rotation; error probability; general expression; nonideal component; performance degradation; phase unbalance; physical phenomenon; practical two-dimensional modulation system; shifting technique; AWGN; Amplitude modulation; Bit error rate; Error probability; Filters; Genetic expression; Phase shifters; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Signal generators; Two dimensional displays; I/Q unbalance; Probability of Error; QAM; Two-Dimensional Modulation;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Advanced Communication Technology, 2006. ICACT 2006. The 8th International Conference
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Phoenix Park
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
89-5519-129-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICACT.2006.206334